UET 3, 0686

~2028 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P137008

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P137008.

Why it matters

Transliteration

3(disz) lamma-tum ku3-sig17 [...]
9(gesz2) 3(u) 9(disz) zi-ib-tum ku3-sig17 HI-da
2(disz) mun ku3-sig17 HI-da
ki-la2-bi 1(disz) ma-na 1(u) gin2
ba-zi-ir
alan ur-inanna-ke4
ba-ab-gaz
ki [...]
a-hu-wa-qar
szu ba-ti
iti ezem-szu-suen u4 6(disz) ba-zal
mu i-bi2-suen lugal uri5-ma-ke4 nanna-ar nun-[me]-te-an#-na# mu#-na#-[dim2]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — UET 3, 0686. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Ibbi-Suen y1 — Ibbi-Suen became king based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Attribution

Image: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (P137008) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P137008..

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